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Wikipedia's founder on his life's work: "A propaganda tool"

Article URL: https://nordictimes.com/world/wikipedias-founder-on-his-lifes-work-a-propaganda-tool/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49226113

Points: 5

# Comments: 1

Planned Amazon data center could become the biggest climate polluter in the U.S.

As part of a planned Texas data center, Amazon is investing in an on-site power plant that could reportedly become the largest source of climate pollution in the United States.

X replaces its revenue-sharing program with ‘Original Content Rewards’

X is ending its controversial revenue-sharing program for content creators, which has seen numerous revisions under Elon Musk's reign. In its place, it's launching a new Original Content Rewards program on September 8th. To be eligible, creators must have at least 500 verified followers and at least 500,000 Home Timeline impressions from verified users in […]

Maryland Closes More of Cunningham Falls State Park After Second Beaver Attack

Article URL: https://news.maryland.gov/dnr/2026/08/05/dnr-closes-additional-areas-of-cunningham-falls-state-park-following-second-beaver-attack/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49225918

Points: 34

# Comments: 12

The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences [pdf]

Article URL: https://web.njit.edu/~akansu/PAPERS/The%20Unreasonable%20Effectiveness%20of%20Mathematics%20(EP%20Wigner).pdf

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49225676

Points: 10

# Comments: 1

OpenAI acquires presentation startup NextSlide

NextSlide says its team members are now working on ChatGPT.

Open-source interactive map for the Aug 12 total solar eclipse

Article URL: https://eclipsefan.org/?v=2&t=max&layers=eclipse%2Cbesselian%2Cumbra-live%2Cshadow-3d%2Ccloud-projection%2Cosm&lat=43.4623&lon=-3.8099&opacity=besselian%3A0.2%2Cumbra-live%3A0.2&zoom=6&palier=minute

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49225139

Points: 45

# Comments: 8

Denmark Requires Oral Defenses for Students' Written Work to Counter AI Cheating

Article URL: https://mezha.net/eng/bukvy/ca117584_denmark_requires_oral/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49224294

Points: 408

# Comments: 192

An Amazon data center could have the worst polluting power plant in the country

To power its new West Texas data center, Amazon is investing in the construction of a new power plant that could be one of the largest single producers of greenhouse gases in the US, according to the New York Times. The new gas-burning plant in Pecos County, Texas has received significant investment from Amazon and, […]

TinySol, a tiny solitaire game for DOS

Article URL: https://classicbits.net/coding-and-software/my-software/monosol/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49224020

Points: 36

# Comments: 7